Brief Checklist for Authors

Is the standard of English acceptable to an academic audience in any country?

Is the title of the paper concise, conveying the focus of the paper?

Is the format of each author's name listed in the standard format used by that author for all publications? For example, Billy Smith uses William D. Smith for all his formal publications but Billy Smith informally.

Is the abstract concise and informative?

Is the literature review appropriately comprehensive and critical?

Are all footnotes in the text numbered sequentially using superscripts?

Are all reference citations in the text numbered sequentially with brackets [1]?

Are the instruments used in an empirical study clearly explained?

Is the nature of the sample(s) in an empirical study carefully defined?

Are the processes of any data collection clearly explained?

Are the findings of any inquiry fully compatible with the evidence cited?

How do the findings of the inquiry relate to those previously reported?

Are all the tables numbered sequentially using Arabic numbers?

Are all the figures numbered sequentially using Arabic numbers?

Are all the tables readable and understandable?

Are all the figures consistent in format and readable in grayscale?

Does the paper make a 'contribution to knowledge', either in terms of theory or practice?

Does the reference list include full details of all the documents cited and in the proper AIP format?

Have all co-authors had an opportunity to review the paper before it was submitted to the peer review?